Koninklijk Nederlands Lucht- en Ruimtevaartcentrum (NLR)

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Climate Koninklijk Nederlands Lucht- en Ruimtevaartcentrum (NLR) 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lelystad Airport (EHLE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 41.8 56 38 32 49 34
February 50.6 39 45 59 59 51
March 66.4 51 85 59 72
April 76.6 69 76 71 90
May 80.7 75 86 73 89
June 81.8 85 88 73 81
July 74.1 78 84 63 72
August 79.4 76 90 70 82
September 73.9 76 85 68 67
October 67.4 61 76 70 63
November 55.6 52 60 48 61
December 38.8 36 38 32 31
Average 63.2 47.3 65.5 76.4 63.5 69.9

11th best VFR conditions of Netherlands

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.9 91 83 80 82 70
February 85.3 80 84 91 77 95
March 90.9 85 93 91 94
April 94.1 87 96 97 97
May 95.6 94 96 95 98
June 96.0 97 99 91 96
July 92.7 95 97 89 90
August 94.9 93 99 94 94
September 91.5 94 96 89 88
October 90.0 86 92 89 94
November 82.9 85 87 77 82
December 72.6 75 76 61 71
Average 88.0 85.1 89.5 93.6 87.9 90.6

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.9 6 8 7 5 8
February 8.9 10 9 10 7 9
March 10.6 10 13 10 10
April 13.1 13 13 10 17
May 17.1 18 18 15 18
June 22.3 24 21 22 22
July 21.6 22 23 22 21
August 22.9 22 25 20 25
September 20.4 23 19 20 20
October 15.3 16 17 15 14
November 10.2 10 11 10 12
December 7.1 8 4 7 8
Average 12.5 8.1 15.0 15.4 13.6 15.1

10th highest temperature of Netherlands

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.4 1 3 3 1 4
February 3.1 5 2 4 0 4
March 2.4 4 1 3 3
April 3.4 4 4 2 4
May 7.5 8 9 7 7
June 12.3 13 11 13 13
July 12.9 14 13 14 12
August 13.6 13 14 13 15
September 11.0 12 10 12 10
October 8.5 10 9 8 8
November 4.7 5 6 5 5
December 2.7 4 -1 3 3
Average 5.8 3.1 7.6 6.9 6.5 7.4

7th lowest temperature of Netherlands

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 18.3 22 22 15 17 16
February 19.1 21 11 20 12 31
March 13.5 27 5 11 11
April 12.7 19 13 17 3
May 12.1 9 10 26 5
June 8.4 4 9 7 14
July 13.4 18 7 11 18
August 12.9 21 4 14 13
September 12.5 10 21 8 12
October 20.8 21 13 21 29
November 18.1 39 12 12 14
December 16.9 21 11 16 26
Average 14.8 21.2 17.2 10.8 14.1 14.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.6 11 12 10 10 11
February 12.4 11 10 16 10 16
March 10.7 11 8 11 13
April 9.9 10 11 10 9
May 9.1 9 9 10 9
June 8.1 9 8 7 9
July 8.7 10 8 8 9
August 8.4 9 8 9 8
September 7.3 7 7 7 8
October 9.6 10 9 10 10
November 9.5 12 10 8 9
December 9.6 12 7 9 9
Average 9.6 11.1 9.7 8.9 8.9 9.8

10th highest wind speed of Netherlands

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 229° 228° 252° 234° 216°
February 215° 265° 237° 145° 230°
March 234° 085° 266° 218°
April 027° 020° 343° 049°
May 016° 279° 249° 332°
June 011° 288° 340° 258°
July 241° 292° 283° 258°
August 258° 003° 281° 238°
September 178° 266° 214° 225°
October 207° 207° 204° 196°
November 213° 184° 230° 200°
December 231° 150° 204° 188°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.